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By September, von Rundstedt had taken Kyiv, and by October, Kharkiv too had fallen to the Nazi advance.

It still was a grinding battle of huge cost in which von Rundstedt’s next moves yet were to shape up.

Considered too luxurious for the ranks, it held only officers - including Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, who was in charge of the German army in Normandy during the Allied D-Day landings.

Supreme Headquarters said Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt had been held virtually without gains in the 24 hours up to Tuesday morning.